Cast & creator
Ben Platt
Best known for Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen, The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon, The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
Benjamin Schiff Platt (born September 24, 1993) is an American actor and singer. The son of film and theatre producer Marc Platt and philanthropist Julie Platt, he began his acting career in musical theatre as a child. He appeared in productions of The Sound of Music (2006) and The Book of Mormon (2012–2015), rising to prominence for originating the title role in the Broadway coming-of-age musical Dear Evan Hansen (2015–2017). His performance in the latter earned him multiple accolades, including the Tony Award for Best Actor in a Leading Role in a Musical (making him the youngest solo recipient of the award at the time), a Daytime Emmy, and a Grammy Award. Platt reprised the role of Evan Hansen in the 2021 film adaptation of the musical produced by his father. He then played Leo Frank in the 2022 New York City Center Gala production of Parade, which transferred to Broadway in 2023 and earned another Tony and Grammy nomination. Platt's film credits include the Pitch Perfect film series (2012–2017), Ricki and the Flash (2015), Run This Town (2019), and Theater Camp (2023), the latter of which he also co-wrote. Since 2019, he has starred in the Netflix comedy-drama series The Politician, for which he was nominated for a Golden Globe Award. Platt signed with Atlantic Records in 2017 and released his debut album, Sing to Me Instead, in March 2019. In May 2020, the concert film Ben Platt Live from Radio City Music Hall debuted on Netflix. Platt's second studio album, Reverie, was released on August 13, 2021. After signing with Interscope in 2023, Platt's third studio album, Honeymind, was released on May 31, 2024. In 2017, Platt was included on the annual Time 100 list of the world's most influential people. Description above from the Wikipedia article Ben Platt, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Also known as: Benjamin Schiff Platt, בן פלאט, ベン・プラット
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Filmography (65)
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Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen
Self - Guest
2009
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
Self
2014
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
Self - Musical Guest
2015
The Simpsons
Blake (voice)
1989
Late Night with Seth Meyers
Self - Guest
2014Late Night with Seth Meyers
Self - Musical Guest
2014
The Kelly Clarkson Show
Self
2019
The View
Self - Guest
1997The View
Self
1997
The Late Late Show with James Corden
Self - Guest
2015
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
Self - Musical Guest
2003Jimmy Kimmel Live!
Self - Guest Host
2003
The Jennifer Hudson Show
Self
2022
LIVE with Kelly and Mark
Self
1988
Big Brother
Self - Celebrity Guest
2000
The Tamron Hall Show
Self - Guest
2019
The Drew Barrymore Show
Self
2020
RuPaul's Drag Race All Stars
Self - Guest Judge
2012
American Idol
Self - Performer
2018
Will & Grace
Blake
2017
Carpool Karaoke: The Series
Self
2017
The Beauty
Manny
2026
The Other Two
Ben Platt
2019
RuPaul's Drag Race All Stars: UNTUCKED
Self - Guest Judge
2012
Pitch Perfect
Benji Applebaum
2012
Pitch Perfect 2
Benji Applebaum
2015
The Politician
Payton Hobart
2019The Politician
Executive Producer
2019
Billy Lynn's Long Halftime Walk
Josh
2016
The Not-Too-Late Show with Elmo
Self
2020
Songland
Self
2019
Therapuss
Self
2024
Dear Evan Hansen
Evan Hansen
2021
The Premise
Ethan Streiber
2021
Ricki and the Flash
Daniel
2015
Theater Camp
Amos Klobuchar
2023Theater Camp
Writer
2023Theater Camp
Producer
2023Theater Camp
Original Film Writer
2023Theater Camp
Songs
2023
The People We Hate at the Wedding
Paul
2022
Drunk Parents
Jason Johnson
2019
One World: Together at Home
Self
2020
The Female Brain
Joel
2017
The Disney Family Singalong - Volume II
Self
2020
Run This Town
Bram
2020
Graduate Together: America Honors the High School Class of 2020
Self - Musical Guest
2020
Father of the Bride Part 3 (ish)
Georgie
2020
Ben Platt: Live from Radio City Music Hall
Self
2020Ben Platt: Live from Radio City Music Hall
Executive Producer
2020
25 Years of Rent: Measured in Love
2021
Red Riding Hood
Boy Scout #1
2006
Trisha Paytas' Big Broadway Dream
Self - Guest Star
2025
Chow
Mike
2024Merrily We Roll Along
Charley Kringas
The Grammys
Self
1959
Broken Diamonds
Scott
2021Last Dance
Last Dance
Songs
I Am Not Your Mother
Ollie
Cynthia Erivo & Friends: A New Year's Eve Celebration
Self
2023
Theater Camp
Angelo Bassett
2020Theater Camp
Writer
2020Theater Camp
Producer
2020